Dr. P.Sivasakthivelan
He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Microbiology at the Faculty of Agriculture, and also serving as the Associating Scientist at the Center for Natural Farming and Sustainable Agriculture (CNFSA), Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. He is the Deputy Chairman of National Agricultural Education Cell (NAEC) – AIASA, New Delhi. He was recipient of 4 gold medal for his outstanding academic performance (93.60%) at University level viz., Srilochani Varadaarajalu medal, Prof.G.Rangaswami medal, Shri. M.P.Damodaran Agricultural medal and Jawaharlal Nehru memorial merit fund award. He has a teaching experience of 16 years handing UG, PG, and Doctoral Degree Programmes in Agricultural Microbiology. His area of specialization includes bioinoculant technology, formulation of microbial consortium, soil microbiology, food and industrial biotechnology.
He has visited countries like Singapore, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka for upgrading and disseminating knowledge. He has presented papers in 23 International and 64 National Conferences. He has organized 16 Academic events. He has delivered 29 invited lectures in various institutions across the state. He has participated in 28 National level workshops and 19 National Training programs including training at National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad, and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow.
He has Authored 3 books, edited 16 books and contributed 32 chapters to books published by Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. To his credit, he has 72 research publications in reputed peer-reviewed international journals with the Google Scholar Citation of 687, h - index of 14 and i10 - Index of 18. He has guided 16 Research scholars in PG and 2 scholars in Ph.D. Program.
And he has operated a research project funded by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) with an outlay of 3.80 Lakhs, and serving as Co-Principal Investigator of Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) Sponsored research project with an outlay of 48.56 lakhs. His area of research is the formulation of bio inoculants with low-cost carriers and the development of an agriculturally beneficial microbial consortium.
He is a life member in various organizations viz., Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Association of Applied Microbiologist (IAAM), Agricultural Scientific Tamil Society (SciTSA) New Delhi, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), and Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture (APSSA). He has also served as the Associating scientist of the World Bank-funded ICAR- NAIP research project with a total project outlay of 09.33 crores.
He is also a Panel member to interact with the delegates of Rice Focal Point Experts of SAARC countries during their Exposure visit to Annamalai University. He is presently serving as a Team member in the Memorandum of Understanding Signed between Annamalai University and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines to evaluate 108 rice lines on the “Multiple stress-tolerant rice varieties suitable for Tamil Nadu”. As a part of this MoU to his credit, he has also served as one of the scientists in the release of the Rice Variety AU – 1 GSR in collaboration with IRRI.
And he has also involved himself in filing 3 Patents an International Innovation patent granted by the Government of Australia (AusPat) Patent Number: (2021100276) for his research teams innovation on “Low-Density Polyethelene (LDPE) degradation process”, International German Process patent on “Increase in Shelf life of Milk Stored under room temperature and refrigerated conditions through nanomerization of milk fat globules”.(DE file number : 20 2022 100 512.5) and Indian Design patent on “Semi-Automatic Sowing Machine”
He has also been elected as the Associate Fellow of Society for Nature and Applied Sciences –AFSNAS and Fellow Bose Science Society – FBSS by Tamil Nadu Scientific Research Organisation (TNSRO).
He was also conferred with the Rajapuraskar Scout Award (2000) by the Governor of Tamil Nadu and with the Rashtrapathi Scout Award (2002) by the President of India.
And he is also a recipient of the following Awards:
- “Young Scientist Award – 2017” instituted by the Indian Association of Applied Microbiology, “Outstanding Faculty Award – 2018” by Arunai International Research Foundation.
- “Young Scientist Award – 2019” for the outstanding contribution in the field of Food Science and Technology at 2ndInternational Conference and Expo on Food and Nutrition held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- “Best Scientist Award – 2020” by Nature Science Foundation, Coimbatore for the outstanding contribution in the field of Agricultural Microbiology.
- “Best Young Scientist Award” by PEARL Foundation Educational Excellence Awards in Higher education in India 2020.
- “Best Technical Consultant Award – 2020” by Agri Sakthi Agricultural Magazine during the Second commemoration Day of the Magazine on 15th May 2021.
- “International Research Excellence Award – 2022 in Agricultural Microbiology” on the occasion of India’s 73rd Republic Day Excellence Awards & International Day of Education celebrations at IMRF Institute of Higher Education & Research Campus, Vijayawada on January 26th, 2022.
- “Young Scientist Award - 2021” in the field of Agricultural Microbiology at the 1st International Conference on Emerging Trends and New Vistas in Applied Sciences (ETNVAS - 2022) at SVMCH & RC, Puducherry on 12.02.2022.
- “Prof.M.S.Swaminathan Best Young Scientist Award – 2020 – 2021” at 11th National Conference on Natural Sciences held on 19th March, 2022 at Pushkaram Agricultural College of Agricultural Sciences, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu.
- “National Education Excellence Achievers Award” by Navbharath Rashtriya Gyanpeeth,
- “Excellence in Research Award” at the 5th National Conference and Webinar on Doubling Farmers Income for Sustainable & Harmonious Agriculture (DISHA- 2022) organized by KNIPSS, Dhanbad, Jharkhand and PKVSS, Patna, Bihar during 11th & 12th June, 2022.
- “Best Award for disseminating Agricultural Technologies” to farmers by Tamil M TV, Germany.
- Conferred with the “Best Paper Presentation Award” at the International Conference on Innovative Technologies and their Applications in Higher Education organized by IQAC, Annamalai University during 17th – 19th October, 2022.
- Conferred with the “Best Paper Presentation Award” at the First National Conference on Emerging Trends and New Vistas in Applied Sciences organized by Society for Nature and Applied Sciences in Collaboration with Nandha College of Pharmacy & Nandha Group of Institutions, Erode on 31st December, 2022.
Conferred with the “Distinguished Scientist Award” at the 5th International Conference on Global Insights on Research and Development in Agriculture, Horticulture and Allied Sciences” Held at G.H.Raisoni College Nagpur during 05th – 7th October, 2023.